Rachel Spigler

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Rachel Spigler

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Biology

      • Associate Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

BIOL 2227

Principles of Ecology

Undergraduate

BIOL 3114

Evolutionary Ecology

Undergraduate

BIOL 4391

Accelerated Research in Biology

Undergraduate

BIOL 5114

Evolutionary Ecology

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Smith, G., Swartz, M., & Spigler, R. (2021). Causes and consequences of variation in heterospecific pollen receipt in Oenothera fruticosa. American Journal of Botany, 108(9), 1612-1624. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1720.

  • Frazee, L., Rifkin, J., Maheepala, D., Grant, A., Wright, S., Kalisz, S., Litt, A., & Spigler, R. (2021). New genomic resources and comparative analyses reveal differences in floral gene expression in selfing and outcrossing Collinsia sister species. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 11(8). doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab177.

  • Emel, S., Wang, S., Metz, R., & Spigler, R. (2021). Type and intensity of surrounding human land use, not local environment, shape genetic structure of a native grassland plant. Molecular Ecology, 30(3), 639-655. doi: 10.1111/mec.15753.

  • Spigler, R. & Woodard, A. (2019). Context-dependency of resource allocation trade-offs highlights constraints to the evolution of floral longevity in a monocarpic herb. New Phytologist, 221(4), 2298-2307. doi: 10.1111/nph.15498.

  • Spigler, R. (2018). Small and surrounded: population size and land use intensity interact to determine reliance on autonomous selfing in a monocarpic plant. Annals of Botany, 121(3), 513-524. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcx184.

  • Randle, A., Spigler, R., & Kalisz, S. (2018). Shifts to earlier selfing in sympatry may reduce costs of pollinator sharing. Evolution, 72(8), 1587-1599. doi: 10.1111/evo.13522.

  • Spigler, R. & Kalisz, S. (2017). Persistent pollinators and the evolution of complete selfing. American Journal of Botany, 104(12), 1783-1786. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1700332.

  • Emel, S., Franks, S., & Spigler, R. (2017). Phenotypic selection varies with pollination intensity across populations of Sabatia angularis. New Phytologist, 215(2), 813-824. doi: 10.1111/nph.14608.

  • Spigler, R. (2017). Plasticity of floral longevity and floral display in the self-compatible biennial Sabatia angularis (Gentianaceae): Untangling the role of multiple components of pollination. Annals of Botany, 119(1), 167-176. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcw195.

  • Spigler, R., Theodorou, K., & Chang, S. (2017). Inbreeding depression and drift load in small populations at demographic disequilibrium. Evolution, 71(1), 81-94. doi: 10.1111/evo.13103.